Analysis of America Bleeds
Democracy’s demons,
they follow and stalk
for every freedom
they strike like a hawk
The cost of liberty
its downside abides
to follow intrepid
with vengeance as guide
All men here are equal
to right and then wrong
pursuing their happiness
the short and the long
Hoping the majority
will rule most benign
many to suffer
from licensed decline
Nobility’s tenure
its reign has been long
but treachery threatens
the best of our song
Tomorrow in focus
the few and the brave
must suffer the arrows
that seek to enslave
And onward we struggle
to save what we can
as menacing trouble
within starts again
This fight more than worth it
the day is now late
America bleeding
—our future at stake
(The New Room: May, 2022)
Scheme | ABXB CXXX DEFE CGHG HEAE FIXI DXDX XXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110 11001 110010 11101 011100 1101 110010 11011 111110 11011 0101100 01001 1000100 11101 10110 11001 110 11111 110010 011101 01010 01001 110010 11101 010110 11111 110010 01101 111111 01111 010010 101011 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 13, 2022
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on May 13, 2022
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